NAME

       security_compute_av,  security_compute_av_flags,  security_compute_create,  security_compute_create_name,
       security_compute_relabel,   security_compute_member,    security_compute_user,    security_validatetrans,
       security_get_initial_context - query the SELinux policy database in the kernel

SYNOPSIS

       #include <selinux/selinux.h>

       int  security_compute_av(char  *scon,  char  *tcon,  security_class_t  tclass, access_vector_t requested,
       struct av_decision *avd);

       int security_compute_av_raw(char *scon, char *tcon, security_class_t tclass,  access_vector_t  requested,
       struct av_decision *avd);

       int security_compute_av_flags(char *scon, char *tcon, security_class_t tclass, access_vector_t requested,
       struct av_decision *avd);

       int  security_compute_av_flags_raw(char  *scon,  char  *tcon,  security_class_t  tclass,  access_vector_t
       requested, struct av_decision *avd);

       int security_compute_create(char *scon, char *tcon, security_class_t tclass, char **newcon);

       int security_compute_create_raw(char *scon, char *tcon, security_class_t tclass, char **newcon);

       int security_compute_create_name(char *scon, char *tcon, security_class_t tclass,  const  char  *objname,
       char **newcon);

       int   security_compute_create_name_raw(char  *scon,  char  *tcon,  security_class_t  tclass,  const  char
       *objname, char **newcon);

       int security_compute_relabel(char *scon, char *tcon, security_class_t tclass, char **newcon);

       int security_compute_relabel_raw(char *scon, char *tcon, security_class_t tclass, char **newcon);

       int security_compute_member(char *scon, char *tcon, security_class_t tclass, char **newcon);

       int security_compute_member_raw(char *scon, char *tcon, security_class_t tclass, char **newcon);

       int security_compute_user(char *scon, const char *username, char ***con);

       int security_compute_user_raw(char *scon, const char *username, char ***con);

       int security_validatetrans(char *scon, const char *tcon, security_class_t tclass, char *newcon);

       int security_validatetrans_raw(char *scon, const char *tcon, security_class_t tclass, char *newcon);

       int security_get_initial_context(const char *name, char **con);

       int security_get_initial_context_raw(const char *name, char **con);

       int selinux_check_access(const char *scon, const char *tcon, const char *class, const  char  *perm,  void
       *auditdata);

       int selinux_check_passwd_access(access_vector_t requested);

       int checkPasswdAccess(access_vector_t requested);

DESCRIPTION

       security_compute_av()  queries  whether  the  policy permits the source context scon to access the target
       context tcon via class tclass with the requested access vector.  The decision is returned in avd.

       security_compute_av_flags() is identical to security_compute_av but additionally sets the flags field  of
       avd.   Currently  one  flag  is  supported: SELINUX_AVD_FLAGS_PERMISSIVE, which indicates the decision is
       computed on a permissive domain.

       security_compute_create() is used to compute a context to use for labeling a new object in  a  particular
       class based on a SID pair.

       security_compute_create_name()  is  identical to security_compute_create() but also takes name of the new
       object in creation as an argument.  When TYPE_TRANSITION rule on the given  class  and  a  SID  pair  has
       object name extension, we shall be able to obtain a correct newcon according to the security policy. Note
       that this interface is only supported on the linux 2.6.40 or later.  In the older kernel, the object name
       will be simply ignored.

       security_compute_relabel()  is  used  to  compute the new context to use when relabeling an object, it is
       used in the pam_selinux.so source and the newrole source to determine the correct label for  the  tty  at
       login time, but can be used for other things.

       security_compute_member()  is  used to compute the context to use when labeling a polyinstantiated object
       instance.

       security_compute_user() is used to determine the set of user contexts that can be reached from  a  source
       context. It is mainly used by get_ordered_context_list().

       security_validatetrans()  is  used  to  determine  if  a transition from scon to newcon using tcon as the
       object is valid for object class tclass. This  checks  against  the  mlsvalidatetrans  and  validatetrans
       constraints in the loaded policy. Returns 0 if allowed, and -1 if an error occurred with errno set.

       security_get_initial_context()  is  used  to  get  the  context  of  a kernel initial security identifier
       specified by name

       security_compute_av_raw(),        security_compute_av_flags_raw(),         security_compute_create_raw(),
       security_compute_create_name_raw(),     security_compute_relabel_raw(),    security_compute_member_raw(),
       security_compute_user_raw() security_validatetrans_raw()  and  security_get_initial_context_raw()  behave
       identically to their non-raw counterparts but do not perform context translation.

       selinux_check_access() is used to check if the source context has the access permission for the specified
       class on the target context.

       selinux_check_passwd_access()   is   used   to   check   for   a   permission   in   the   passwd  class.
       selinux_check_passwd_access() uses getprevcon() for the source and target security contexts.

       checkPasswdAccess() is a deprecated alias of the selinux_check_passwd_access() function.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns zero on success or -1 on error.

SEE ALSO

       selinux(8), getcon(3), getfilecon(3), get_ordered_context_list(3)

russell@coker.com.au                             1 January 2004                           security_compute_av(3)